Thief bites Starbucks customer in the face, police say

EAST VILLAGE – A teenager pretending to collect signatures for a petition was arrested for swiping a passport and a customer base in East Village Starbucks – and then bite the victim in the face in the face, police said. Jamel Chandler, 18, was approached by a man in Astor Place Starbucks around 07:00 November 29, and asked him to sign a petition, according to police and the district attorney’s office in Manhattan. Chandler then a splint on the victim’s wallet, which contained a passport, credit cards and cash, in order to distract the victim and grab the briefcase, the police standing, he said ….